Sparaxis tricolor is available at Armstrong Garden Centers and some other nurseries. Don’t wait for the planting dates suggested on packages. Put the corms in the ground immediately.

Take sparaxis, a group of bulbs -- underground stems called corms, to be precise -- that hails from South Africa. It grows to about a foot high and can be so alluring, it will have you crouching ...

Sparaxis also distinguish themselves by having a papery sheath that holds the flowers before they open. Like freesias, sparaxis are among the easiest bulbs to grow, over time naturalizing in your ...

In Hippeastrum, Schizostylis, Sparaxis, and Ipheion auxin was required. No plantlets could be induced directly on explants of growing tissue of Freesia, Tulipa, or Narcissus. Adventitious plantlets ...